Democratic Ticket 1855 – In 1855 the Whigs nominated Gov. Hoppin and the rest of their successful ticket of the previous year. Hoppin was also endorsed by the American or Know-Nothing party which made independent nominations for the other offices on their ballot. The Democratic candidate was Americus V. Potter. Governor Hoppin was reelected and the Know-Nothing candidates won all the other state wide offices. 12.2 cm X 8.1 cm

Democratic Ticket – The campaign of 1852 was a lively one, the Democrats renominated Governor Allen and the Whigs nominated ex-Governor Harris. Allen defeated Harris by less than 400 votes. During the campaign of 1852 Lt. Governor Lawrence made a campaign speech strongly opposing the proposed prohibitory law. In consequence of this speech a split ticket containing the name of Schuyler Fisher was circulated on election day. This ticket with Fisher’s name only received 813 votes but it was sufficient to prevent a choice by the people for Lt. Governor. Allen and the other Democrats on the ticket were elected but the selection of Lt. Governor went before the Whig controlled General Assembly and Samuel Arnold a Whig was elected over Lawrence by a vote of 57 to 40. 13.1 cm X 7.1 cm

Democratic State Ticket 1878 – In this election Van Zandt defeated Democrat Isaac Lawrence to win a second term as governor. Van Zandt received 11,454 votes to Lawrence’s 7,639 and the Greenback candidate William Forster Jr.’s 590 votes. 14.1 cm X 8.5 cm

Democratic State Ticket – In 1871 Seth Padelford was re-elected to his third term as governor defeating Democrat Thomas Steere of Smithfield. It appears the real contest for this year was for the office of lieutenant governor. At least two tickets, perhaps more, circulated in the Newport area and were introduced solely for the removal of Lt. Governor Pardon Stevens. One, the “Hook and Line” ticket, had the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor Charles Cutler instead of incumbent Lt. Gov. Stevens on an otherwise all Republican ticket. The “Fish Prox” replaced Stevens with independent Francis Brinley on the ticket with the other Republican candidates. The Newport Daily News for Wednesday, April 5, 1871 reported “Tickets are printed and circulated bearing the name of Francis Brinley in his stead, and hook and line fishermen are everywhere appealed to for its support” 11.8 cm X 7.4 cm

Democratic State Ticket – In 1871 Seth Padelford was re-elected to his third term as governor defeating Democrat Thomas Steere of Smithfield. It appears the real contest for this year was for the office of lieutenant governor. At least two tickets, perhaps more, circulated in the Newport area and were introduced solely for the removal of Lt. Governor Pardon Stevens. One, the “Hook and Line” ticket, had the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor Charles Cutler instead of incumbent Lt. Gov. Stevens on an otherwise all Republican ticket. The “Fish Prox” replaced Stevens with independent Francis Brinley on the ticket with the other Republican candidates. The Newport Daily News for Wednesday, April 5, 1871 reported “Tickets are printed and circulated bearing the name of Francis Brinley in his stead, and hook and line fishermen are everywhere appealed to for its support” 11.9 cm X 7.4 cm

1888 Democratic State Ticket – In the state-wide elections of 1888 the Republicans regained the governor’s office when Royal Taft defeated Governor Davis. 13.4 cm x 8.6 cm

Democratic State Ticket 1864 – In this election the Democratic Party was divided into peace and war factions. The Republicans were also divided with the conservative faction headed by War Democrat Senator William Sprague supporting the re-election of Governor Smith. Pro-Lincoln radicals following the lead of Senator Henry B. Anthony deserted Smith in favor of the abolitionist Amos Barstow. Smith won with only a 132 vote majority. 13.4 cm X 7.2 cm

Democratic State Ticket State of Rhode Island – The 1872 elections had a strong run by the Democrats but still they came up short by slightly more than one thousand votes, ultimately losing to the incumbent Republican ticket headed by Seth Padleford. Olney Arnold had also been twice (1859 and 1868) unsuccessful as the Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from the Eastern District. 12.1 cm X 7.0 cm

1848 Democratic Republican Ticket – In this election the Democrats nominated Adnah Sackett. This was Sackett’s first of two attempts to win the governorship. He was defeated by the Whig governor Elisha Harris by a majority of 1,575 votes. 19.7 cm X 11.6 cm,

Democratic Republican Ticket – This ticket is a variation of the preceding ticket in SSID: 3145983, differing only in that there is a year printed at the top of that ballot. 19.9 cm X 10.2 cm

Democratic Prox 1853 – In 1853 the Democrats re-nominated the previous year’s ticket headed by Governor Allen, however former Lt. Governor Lawrence declined and was replaced with Francis Dimond. The Democrats won the election and Phillip Allen went on to serve his third and final term as governor. 12.8 cm X 8.0 cm

Democratic Nominations – In the 1875 state-wide elections Charles Cutler headed the Democratic Party’s ticket. Cutler was a prominent citizen of Warren, RI and was in the textile manufacturing business there. While he was the unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate for governor in both 1875 and 1883 he had served on the Warren town council as its president and been Rhode Island Lt. Governor in 1872. “In 1870 he was candidate for Lt. Governor in opposition to Pardon W. Stevens of Newport …They fought a battle on the question of the abolition of trap fishing in the mouth of bay… The democratic ticket was primarily spoken of as the ‘hook and line ticket’ and the ‘scup ticket’. It was defeated, but Mr. Cutler occupied the same position on the Democratic ticket next year with Thomas Steere. The canvass was made on the fishing question that threw election of Lt. Governor into the Legislature which chose the Republican.” Cutler came in a distant third in the gubernatorial race trailing Rowland Hazard the top vote getter and Henry Lippitt a close second. Since there was no majority in this race the decision went to the General Assembly and Lippitt was chosen governor. 14.4 cm X 8.9 cm

Democratic Nominations – Benjamin Chase, the Democratic candidate for governor, was a businessman with interest in many industries. He first became active in the Democratic Party while a resident of Massachusetts before moving to Rhode Island. In the 1873 race for governor Chase lost to Republican Henry Howard by a large margin but latter ran as a Democrat for mayor of Providence. Howard who had served the previous year as a presidential elector for Grant was elected to his first of two consecutive terms as governor. The Reform ticket replaced Charles Van Zandt, the Republican candidate for Lt. Governor, with Latimer Ballou. Ballou was one of the founders of the Republican party in Rhode Island; he had served as an elector for Lincoln in 1860 and would go on to serve three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island (1874 – 1880). The Reform ticket also nominated a different General Treasurer than the Republican ticket. 12.6 cm X 7.6 cm

Democratic Nominations – Lymon Pierce was the Democratic candidate for governor in every year between 1866 and 1870 and again in 1874. He lost in all six attempts for the governor’s office. This ticket is undated and can be from any of these campaigns. 12.8 cm X 8.1 cm

Constitutional Union State Ticket – In March of 1863 seated Governor William Sprague resigned to take his seat as U.S. Senator from Rhode Island. The elected Lt.- Governor, Samuel Arnold, had previously resigned his office in September 1862 to fill the Senate vacancy caused by the resignation of James Simmons. William Cozzens by virtue of his office as President of the state senate filled in as governor. His role as governor was short lived, only two months, as he lost the April 1863 election to Republican James Smith. 11.8 cm X 7.5 cm

1806 Consistent Republican Prox - This ticket is similar to the one shown in SSID: 3146107 except for its typesetting and border. 15.9 cm X 12.2 cm

1806 Consistent Republican Prox – This ticket was headed by Henry Smith the other proposed candidate in the indeterminate election of 1806. The previous year, upon the deaths of Gov. Fenner and Lt. Gov. Mumford, Smith had officiated as governor. 16.0 cm X 12.7 cm

Citizens’ Ticket – In the state elections of 1877 Charles Van Zandt was elected governor in the first of his three terms in office; however 1877 proved to be his most competitive race. The Republicans were divided and Governor Lippitt opposed Van Zandt for the Republican nomination. The issue of prohibition divided both parties and many reform Republicans worked for the election of the Democratic candidate Jerothmul Barnaby. The Democrats were also divided into native born Americans who managed the party and the state’s immigrant population who were in the majority. The native born group controlled the party and opposed some reforms especially the extension of suffrage. Its platform favored continuing the license law, extension of suffrage and a ten-hour law for workingmen. Barnaby a wealthy merchant provided the funds to pay the registry tax of his supporters. He was not a reformer but money and division in bitter politics created a large vote for the Democratic candidate. Van Zandt eked out a narrow margin to win election with a majority of only 454 votes. 14.8 cm X 9.2 cm

American Ticket 1856 – The American Party re-nominated Hoppin for governor and the new Republican Party also nominated Hoppin but with different candidates for lieutenant governor and treasurer. The Democrats re-nominated Americus Potter for governor. In this election all the American Party candidates for state-wide office were successful. 12.2 cm X 7.6 cm

American Ticket 1855 – In 1855 the Whigs nominated Gov. Hoppin and the rest of their successful ticket of the previous year. Hoppin was also endorsed by the American or Know-Nothing party which made independent nominations for the other offices on their ballot. The Democratic candidate was Americus V. Potter. Governor Hoppin was reelected and the Know-Nothing candidates won all the other state wide offices. 11.8 cm X 7.6 cm

1806 General Offices – This is another (see SSID: 3146085, 3146073, 3146063) 1806 prox for state offices headed by Peleg Arnold. In addition to the typography of this ticket, it differs slightly from the previous three shown by the slate of candidates proposed. 21.1 cm X 13.2 cm

1767 Prox – The manuscript entry at the top of this ticket is dated 1767. Ward had been elected governor in 1762, 1765 and 1766. If the manuscript entry is correct and this ticket is from the election of 1767 then it was unsuccessful since Ward lost to Stephen Hopkins in the April election. Hopkins received 2,433 votes and Ward 2,028. Hopkins received every vote cast in Providence while in Newport Ward outpolled Hopkins by a 3 to 1 margin. 15.2 cm X 12.7 cm

April election 1849 – In this election the only real contest was over the office of Secretary of State, which had been held continuously by Henry Bowen since 1819. He was defeated for re-nomination in the Whig state convention by Christopher E. Robbins, a representative in the General Assembly from Newport. Bowen was forced to run as an independent; however there was no choice by the people and Robbins was chosen by the General Assembly. 20.3 cm X 11.7 cm

“Law and Order” Prox -1846 – This election failed to give a majority to any candidate. This was due to the fact that the Liberty (abolition) party candidate Edward Harris gained few but sufficient enough votes to cause no candidate to receive a majority. Byron Diman, the Law and Order candidate, was elected in grand committee of the General Assembly by a vote of 61 to 39. 21.0 cm X 13.6 cm

Rhode Island Ticket – This Rhode Island ticket represents the temperance party’s selection of candidates for 1854. The ticket was headed by William Hoppin, a Whig, but the rest of the ticket differed from the Whig ticket as shown in SSID: 3146000 in that all the other candidates for office were filled by temperance friendly candidates. 12.8 cm X 6.7 cm

1799 General Offices – Members of Congress were elected in August of even numbered years and state officers annually in April. This 1799 election prox was possibly issued to persuade Arthur Fenner, then governor, to run for 1st delegate to Congress; the office John Brown then held. It does not appear that John Brown actually ran for governor. 21.5 cm X 13.3 cm

1793 General Offices – This ticket was successful with Gov. Fenner winning reelection. The ticket was printed in Providence by Bennett Wheeler. 21.0 cm X 12.7 cm

Liberty, Property, & No Stamps – All candidates on this 1766 ticket were elected except for Henry Marchant who was the candidate for Attorney General. Ward’s opponent for governor was Stephen Hopkins, the future signer of the Declaration of Independence. The title of this ticket is in reference to the Stamp Act which was repealed March 18, 1766. 19.1 cm X 12.7 cm

1800 General Offices – In 1800 Arthur Fenner was again elected governor however the Rhode Island Manual states that the “number of votes [were] not reported.” 21.4 cm X 15.0 cm

American Prox 1815 – William Jones, Federalist, defeated Peleg Arnold this year. War and the Hartford Convention were issues during the campaign. 19.0 cm X 16.5 cm